Question

Mr. Matthew purchases 22 boxes of pencils 5 fourth grade classes each box contains 45 pencils how many pencils were each class receive

Answer 1

198 pencils is received by each class

Solution:

Given that, Mr. Matthew purchases 22 boxes of pencils for five fourth grade classes

Each box contains 45 pencils

To find: Number of pencils received by each class

Number of boxes = 22

Number of pencils in each box = 45

The total number of pencils is given as:

Total number of pencils = Number of boxes x Number of pencils in each box

Total number of pencils = 22 x 45 = 990

So, 990 pencils is divided among 5 classes

990/5 is 198

Number of fourth grade classes = 5

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Thus 198 pencils are received by each class

Answer 2

198 pencils is received by each class

Solution:

Given that, Mr. Matthew purchases 22 boxes of pencils for five fourth grade classes

Each box contains 45 pencils

To find: Number of pencils received by each class

Number of boxes = 22

Number of pencils in each box = 45

The total number of pencils is given as:

Total number of pencils = Number of boxes x Number of pencils in each box

Total number of pencils = 22 x 45 = 990

So, 990 pencils is divided among 5 classes

Number of fourth grade classes = 5

So, the number of pencils each class will receive is,

`\rightarrow (990)/(5) = 198`

Thus 198 pencils is received by each class